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mkatipal
New Member
8 years ago

data type change analysis services

Hi, Am looking for ways to be able to change the data type of a Dimension attribute (like Resume number) from numerical to text data type. That will allow me to analyze some related facts. I dont s...
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Anonymous
Not applicable
8 years ago

mkatipal, In Power BI Desktop, click on 'Edit Queries' under the Home tab, then in the opened Query Editor window, you select the column by clicking on it, then change the 'Data Type' (under Home tab) to Text.

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mkatipal
New Member
8 years ago

Is this applicable for Analysis Services as well?

I clicked Edit Queries option in the Home tab and I have only the Data Source Settings option available. Upon clicking that it goes to a window where i need to login to the model/data source

  • wwhittenton's avatar
    wwhittenton
    Helper II
    8 years ago

    I couldn't say for sure about Analysis Services.

     

    When you go into Edit Queries, have you selected the table and column you would like to change the data type of?

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      mkatipal
      New Member
      8 years ago

      This is all I see.

      Once I click the Data source Settings, It opens a window to enter Server name and Database name for Analysis services DB's

      • v-jiascu-msft's avatar
        v-jiascu-msft
        Microsoft Employee
        8 years ago

        Hi mkatipal,

         

        Your model is a live connection to SSAS that is also a powerful analysis tool. Since it's a live connection, you can't define or modify the model in the the Power BI side. You need to do it in the SSAS. Please refer to desktop-directquery-about/#live-connections.

         

        >>>However, unlike DirectQuery, there is no sense in which a new model is being created; in other words, it's not possible to define new calculated columns, hierarchies, relationships, and so on. Instead you are simply connecting directly to the external SSAS model.

         

        Best Regards,

        Dale